With 84,000 in the pot and a board reading , Nick Schulman check-called a bet of 70,000 from Bryce Yockey. When the hit the river, Schulmn checked, Yockey bet all in for 203,000, and Schulman hit the tank. After two minutes, Schulman made the call.
"Flush," Yockey said as he turned over . Schulman double checked his cards before tossing them in the muck.
Kirill Rabtsov was under the gun and moved all in for his last 43,000. Bryce Yockey made the call from the button, only to have Allen Kessler three-bet to 158,000 in the small blind. Yockey insta-folded and it was heads up.
Kessler:
Rabtsov:
"I folded kings," Yockey chimed in as the dealer put out the on the flop, which wasn't too kind to Rabtsov.
"Low," Rabtsov pleaded after the hit the turn to give him some hope for half the pot. Unfortunately for him, the blanked on the river. Rabtsov was eliminated from the tournament in 11th place.
With our field reduced to ten players, the chips have been racked up, and the players have been moved over to the secondary featured table. It's the unofficial final, and they'll play for one more knockout to set the official final table.
Ah, but first! We've decided to take our dinner break about 45 minutes early, so the players have been sent off for one hour. We'll be back in action at 8:00 P.M.
With bellies full, the players are back in their chairs, and we're playing split-pot four card once again. There are about 44 minutes left in the 8,000/16,000 level, Level #22.
Bryce Yockey raised to 32,000 from the cutoff only to have Allen Kessler three-bet to 120,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way and Yockey opted to four-bet to 382,000. Kessler five-bet all in and Yockey called off for his stack of 619,000, creating a massive 1,262,000 pot!
Kessler:
Yockey:
"I'm freerolling," Kessler said after the cards were turned up and discovering he was the only player with a low draw; unfortunately for him, he spoke to soon as the flop delivered Yockey a straight. Neither the turn nor the river changed a thing and Yockey vaulted into the chip lead.
"Wow, that was a bad cooler," Kessler mumbled after the hand. He is down to 61,000 while Yockey is the chip leader with 1.262 million. "I could have just called and folded on the flop."
Two hands after Bryce Yockey took the chip lead, Brent Wheeler raised to 52,000 from early position and Yockey three-bet to 131,000. Wheeler ended up moving all in for 166,000 and Yockey made the call.
Showdown
Yockey:
Wheeler:
The board ran out , which allowed Wheeler to scoop with the better low and his two-pair high.
Trevor Reader raised to 31,000 preflop only to call the all-in shove of Allen Kessler, which was just 30,000 more.
Kessler:
Reader:
The flop was kind to Kessler as it delivered him a set of fives, with little chance of a low. The turn gave Reader a flush draw, but the river improved Kessler to a full house. He took down the pot to double to 130,000. Not a bad start for a daunting comeback.
We've had a few scheduling oddities today with the timing of breaks and the moving of tables and whatnot. As such, we're still scheduled to have a break at the end of this level, in about five minutes. The T.D. Ben just made that announcement to the table, and David Bach asked if it needed to be a full 20 minutes. Ben told them if they all wanted to shorten it, they could. Nick Schulman said that'd be fine, but he didn't want to break for any less than 15 minutes. The table all agreed, but Allen Kessler didn't seem to be paying attention.
A few seconds later, he finally joined the conversation. "Wait, what's the reason for the break?"
Schulman was right there with the answer. "There might be some drug addicts at this table, Allen."
, Nick Schulman check-called a bet of 70,000 from Bryce Yockey. When the 
hit the river, Schulmn checked, Yockey bet all in for 203,000, and Schulman hit the tank. After two minutes, Schulman made the call.
. Schulman double checked his cards before tossing them in the muck.
on the flop, which wasn't too kind to Rabtsov.
hit the turn to give him some hope for half the pot. Unfortunately for him, the 
blanked on the river. Rabtsov was eliminated from the tournament in 11th place.
flop delivered Yockey a straight. Neither the 
turn nor the 
flop was kind to Kessler as it delivered him a set of fives, with little chance of a low. The 